Notes about Japanese Honorifics

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	-San:		-San:
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		+	-Sama:
	-Kun:		-Kun:
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	-Chan:		-Chan:
-	-Sama:	+	-Chin:
	-Senpai:		-Senpai:
-	-Kohai:	+	-Sempai:
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		+	-Kouhai:
	-Sensei:		-Sensei:
		+	-Pyon:
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		+	-Niisan:
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		+	-Neesan:
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		+	When somebody doesn't use an honorific, that's called ''yobisute'', which is a "null honorific". A yobisute is usually used when somebody is talking in an intimate and familiar manner like family, spouses or one's closest friends. This is only done when you've been given permission to use the subject's first name. Using a yobisute without such permission is a serious insult.
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-San:

-Sama:

-Kun:

-Chan:

-Chin:

-Senpai:

-Sempai:

-Kouhai:

-Sensei:

-Pyon:

-Niisan:

-Neesan:

When somebody doesn't use an honorific, that's called yobisute, which is a "null honorific". A yobisute is usually used when somebody is talking in an intimate and familiar manner like family, spouses or one's closest friends. This is only done when you've been given permission to use the subject's first name. Using a yobisute without such permission is a serious insult.